Professional Training

IFAID Aquitaine pilots and implements a 2 year professional training programme, open to Europeans, in order to become development project coordinators (master's degree level) This diploma is recognised by the French labour ministry.

All IFAID learners have previous experience in community development or International Solidarity sectors. They come from many different professional backgrounds (social workers, nurses, water and sanitation technicians, logistic managers, etc.).

The aim of the IFAID training programme is to strengthen their skills for coordinating projects from start to finish: assessment of needs, fund raising, financial monitoring, HR management, communication, evaluation, etc

The IFAID training programme is in French (except English courses).

The 2nd year of the training programme is a job placement, which can be done in France or abroad (Europe and the world over).

This job placement can be completed under many different status (employee, trainee, International or European Volunteer, European mobility grants, etc). But, the activities done must be related to IFAID professional training (IFAID keyskills description)